[Hiring] Finance Officer @GiveDirectly

Role Description

The Finance team supports all financial activities in 10 countries, 9 of them in Africa. As part of the global finance team, you will run payment cycles across multiple countries and make them faster and more accurate. You’ll also support country finance operations, working closely with the rest of the Finance team.

You are a great candidate for this role if you have hands-on payments experience, strong numerical skills, learn new systems quickly, and already use technology and AI tools to work smarter.

Reports to: Finance Manager

Level: Officer

Location: This role is open only to candidates based in Rwanda, DRC, Malawi, Kenya or Uganda, where we can employ you directly through a GiveDirectly entity.

Travel Requirement: Must be able to travel 1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or colocations.

What you’ll do:

• Payments and treasury
  • Run payment cycles in multiple countries end to end: preparing, validating and issuing payments, and resolving exceptions and failed payments quickly.
  • Reconcile payments with bank and mobile money statements, and investigate and clear any differences.
  • Support account funding, cash forecasting, and FX across multiple currencies to ensure payments are never delayed.
  • Work with banks, mobile money operators and country teams to fix payment and funding issues.
  • Improve and standardise payment processes across countries, and document them in clear SOPs.
  • Use automation and AI tools to improve payment accuracy, speed and reporting.
• Country finance operations
  • Support country finance operations, e.g., petty cash counts, asset counts, and finance liaison with authorities on tax and statutory filings.
  • Support the wider Finance team as needed to meet department goals.
• Risk and compliance
  • Apply strong controls in every payment process, including maker-checker, audit trails and segregation of duties.
  • Handle recipient and payment data securely, and flag fraud risks early.
  • Understand and implement compliance requirements from tax regulators and payment partners.
  • Support in-country audits and special reporting to donors and regulators on request.

Qualifications

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field, or equivalent experience. A professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA or similar, completed or in progress) is a plus.
• 2+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, including at least 1 year running payments.
• Strong numerical skills and close attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, and experience with finance and payments software.
• Experience using AI tools to work faster and better.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Fluent in English; working knowledge of French or Portuguese is an advantage.

Benefits

• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard.
• A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country).
• Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take.
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development.

Compensation

At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. The compensation for this role across the various locations is as shown below:

• Kenya: Base Salary: $16,030, Bonus at Target Performance: 10%
• Rwanda: Base Salary: $13,810, Bonus at Target Performance: 10%
• Uganda: Base Salary: $14,840, Bonus at Target Performance: 10%